Legendary civil rights leader Charles Evers said he’s not paying a cent for the right to march in a parade recognizing the death of his brother in 1963.

A march has been held every year since Medgar Wiley Evers, a civil rights activist and field secretary for the NAACP who fought segregation, was murdered outside his Jackson home. This year’s march is set for June 13.

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Charles Evers, now 92 years old, showed 16 WAPT’s Bert Case a letter from Jackson Public Schools asking him for proof of liability insurance before he could use the facilities of Lanier High School as part of the march. He made it clear that he planned to march and was not buying liability insurance to do it.

“They should be paying us to march on our streets -- ragged as they are. We could step in a pothole (and) break our necks. People tear up their cars on the streets, now they are going to charge us to march there,” Evers said. “We ain't paying a dime. We are going to do this. We are going to march on the 13th, the anniversary of Medgar's death, because Medgar died so we could do this.”

Shelia Byrd, a spokeswoman for the city, told Case that she believes the situation had been worked out and said there would be no problem about insurance. Case also contacted City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, who said he was working to resolve the problem, so Evers would not have to buy insurance.